R-Tenn. Sen. Marsha Blackburn responded to Maine Gov. Janet Mills' spat on the issue of President Donald Trump being included in women's sports.
Trump signed an executive order “No Men in Women's Sports” earlier this month, ensuring that trans athletes do not compete with women and girls in sports. Some states, like Maine, are opposed to executive orders.
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Maine Governor Janet Mills (Camille Fine/USA Today Network)
That all led to public dust up between Mills and Trump on Friday. Trump threatened to withhold federal funds if the state continues to allow women's sports trans-athletes. Mills retorted, “See you in court.”
Blackburn spoke about the Maine decision in an interview with anchor Mike Emmanuel on “Fox News Live.”
“This is one of the issues that determine the problem between the left and right,” she said. “We believe President Trump is right in this. It is federal policy to support Title IX for women and women's sports, and we are committed to men, biological men in women's sports. I won't support it. As President Trump said, this is the federal government's position and therefore the governor should do it.
Senator Marsha Blackburn will speak at the Republican National Convention held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 15, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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“She should want to protect women and women's sports. It's incredible that she chooses not to do so.”
The executive director of Maine's leading governing body for high school sports requires that the president's executive order “men are out of women's sports,” but athletic teams are set to be decided by students. He said that eligibility will continue to be determined based on gender identity.
Gov. Jared Police, a Democrat who chairs the Colorado Governors Association, spoke about Mills and Trump's nausea.
“As governor, we have a prior initiative that we are continuing to work on,” Police said.
President Donald Trump will speak to a reporter in the White House's Oval Office on February 3, 2025. (Anna Money Maker/Getty Images)
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“We always want people to disagree in ways that raise discourse and try to reach a common solution around them… what is the problem? That disagreement isn't necessarily I don't think he's that model,” he continued. , added that some governors may have been unaware of the origins of the fiery exchanges of the time.
Fox News' Charlie Kraitz and Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.
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